French ship Bien-Aimé (1769)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Bien-Aimé.
Watercolour portrait of Bien-Aimé, by François Roux, commissioned by Willaumez
History
France
Name: Bien-Aimé
Ordered: 1769 or March 1770 [1]
Builder: Lorient [1]
Laid down: March 1768 [1]
Launched: 22 March 1769 [1]
In service: November 1769 [1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Bien-Aimé class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1500 tonnes
Length: 55.2 metres
Beam: 14.1 metres
Draught: 6.9 metres
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 74 guns:

Bien-Aimé was a 74-gun ship of the French Navy.

Construction

Bien-Aimé was built for the French East India Company, but the French Navy purchased her while under construction.[1]

Career

In 1777, Bien-Aimé was under Captain de Bougainville.[1] The next year, at the outbreak of the War of American Independence, she was part of the squadron under Admiral Lamotte-Picquet, and took part in the Action of 2 May 1781.[1]

On 24 April 1781,Bien-Aimé departed Brest, under François Pierre Huon de Kermadec, in the squadron of Admiral Lamotte-Picquet, along with the 110-gun Invincible, the 74-gun Actif, and the 64-gun ships Alexandre, Hardi and Lion, and the frigates Sibylle and Néréide and cutters Chasseur and Levrette.[2]

Fate

Bien-Aimé was struck from the Navy lists in 1784, and broken up the year after.[1]

Bibliography
  • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 74. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

References
  1. Roche (2005), p. 74, volume 1.
  2. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 372.
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